allowing RBC the largest commercial bank financier of the Tar Sands to be a major Olympic sponsor.

allowing PetroCanada the retail arm of the first and one of the largest Tar Sands extractors to be a major Olympic sponsor

allowing TransCanada pipelines which brings products from the Tar Sands to be an Olympic supplier.

allowing General Motors, one of the leading corporate opponents of effective action on climate change to be an Olympic sponsor (Only two years ago, a vice-chairman of GM called global warming a "total crock of shit.")

ammonia leaks from Whistler sliding centre

Sliding Centre that use more energy than all the lifts, restaurants and lodges Whistler and Blackcomb mountains combined but is used by only a small groups of specialized athletes

3 positive environmental projects at the Games

the Olympic Line Street car (a City of Vancouver project)

the Austria House (passivhaus) in Whistler (thanks to the Austrian team)